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H. T. WINDT.

DOOR MAT.

Patented Apr. 27, 1886.

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" MyW/M UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY T. VINDT, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, ASSIGNOR TO THE TORONTOTIRE MAT COMPANY, OF SAME PLAGE.

DOOR-'WAT'.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. Sai-QSL dated April 27,185.6.

Application iiled'Api-il 2i, i584. Serial No. 126,489. (Model.) Patentedin Canada April 30, 18.34, No. 1925-1.

To .'LZZ whom it may concern: tends belowand passes on the bottom sideof Be it known that I, HENRY THEODORE` the mata, the coiled wiresforming the mat run- VINDT, of the city of Toronto, in the county ningon about a line with the legs ofthe staof York, in the Province ofOntario, Canada, tionary bar C, so that the said bar can easilyhaveinventedccrtain new anduse'ullmprovebe inserted into position bypartially with 55 ments in Door-Mats; and l do hereby declare drawingone of the coiled wires on the top side that t-he following is a full,clear, and exact where the barC on that side is to lie, and then kdescription of the same. withdrawing a similar coil on the bottom sideThe object of the invention is to devise a at the point where the bar Cis to rest on this L@ coiled-wire mat which will not curl up at itslatter side, when the said coils may be screwed 6J corners, and whichwill make an eiiective doorback into position and the stitiening-barseinat; and it consists, essentially, tirst, of a secured. Amat formedby the coils ruiming diagries of wire coilslinked together' parallelwith onally acrossits surface will present scrapingeach other and bracedby a similar series ol' edges d, ruiming parallel with the length of thecoils screwed into the mat at about right an mat, and will in that wayform a good surface 65 gles to the coils, the corners being stiilened byfor scraping the feet on. A mat thus formed an angular bar inserted intothe mat and exwill not coil up at the corners, and the dirt tendingdiagonally' from the corners; secondscraped oit will fall through themat, and can ly, in providing a bracket for holding down easily be sweptaway when necessary. The

2O the coiledwire mat, as hereinafter more parmat can also he turned, sothat it will last for 79 ticularly explained. a very long time. In Fig.2 I show it applied t Figure l is an enlarged plan of my improved todoorsteps. The lower step shows a brackrnat, showing the manner ofinserting the stifet, D, screwed into position. The next step ytening-bar. Fig.Zisaperspective View of doorexhibits the mat in theaetof being dropped steps, showing niy improved mat in position. intoits place. The third step shows the mat 75 Fig. 3 is a perspective viewshowing a porin place, and the top step shows the mat in its tion of astationary bracket for holding the ordinary/positionfo1adoor-1nat,thematshown mat down. Fig. 4 is a similar View oi' the onthe steps being applied there for the purhinged. bracket. Fig. 5 is anedge view ol' pose of preventing the steps wearing, and are niat. Fig. 6is an edge view of a portion of a suggested as a cheap and effectivesubstitute 8O mat, showing in section thehinged bracket and 'for theiron and brass plates now employ ed for its locking-head. I thatservice.

The primary object of theinvention is topro- The bracket D,which,whenused, is rst sevide a coiled-wire mat which will present a cured inposition, is provided with a lip, a,

surface similar to a series or' s rapers, the mat under which the outeredge ofthe mat formed S5 so formed having its corners stiflened, so asto bythe last row of scrapers d is inserted. This prevent them curling.To form this mat I bracket will alone be'sutlicient to secure the t,take a series of coils, A, and link them tomat in position when it isheld against the gether parallel with each other. The mat thus riser ofa step or against any wall; but where 40 formed of these coils A isbraced by a similar the niat is located away from the riser or wall 9oseries of coils, B, screwedinto the mat at about I may use two bracketsD; or, in order to alright angles to the coils A at the point where lowof the easy removal of the mat for sweepthe connecting-coils A intersecteach other. ing beneath it, l may use a bracket, E, having The mat thusformed presents a surface coma lip, b, similar to and for the samepurpose or' 4 5 posed of straight scrapersd. (Shownin Fig. 5.) the lipc, said bracket E to be used in place of f C is an angularstiffening-bar inserted into one ofthe brackets D. This bracketE ishinged the mat, as shown in Fig. l, extending diagat e, and is providedwith a locking-head, F, onally from each corner ofthe mat. Thisstitfwhich,when turned in one direction, [its into eningbar is woveninto the mat, one leg being a slot made in the upper hinged half of the5o inserted on the top side,while the other leg exbracket E, therebypermitting it to be freely 10o opened; but when the bracket is to belocked down for the purpose of securing the mat in position, the headFis turned so as to lap over the edges of theslot, as shown in Fig. 4.

I should mention that the edges of the mat formed by the coils A and Bare finished as indicated in Fig. l, the endsf of one coil being bentaround the spiral body of the coil next to it, thereby locking the coilstogether, and at the same time forming auisbed smooth edge somewhatstiffer than the body of the mat. I should also mention that although Ithink the angular stiffeniug-bar() to bethe best plan for the purposespecified, straight bars inserted near the edge of the mat mightaccomplish in a measure, if not altogether, the object secured by theStiffeningbar C.

No claim is made in this application to the wire fabric or the specicconstruction of the retaining brackets herein shown and described, as Iintend to make the same the subject-matter of separate applications.

IVhat I claim as my invention isl. As auiniproved mat, aseries of wirecoils linked together parallel with each other and braced bya similarseries of coils screwed into the mat at about right angles to the othercoils,

in combination with a stifeningbar inserted braced by a similar seriesof coils screwed into the mat at about rightangles to the other coils,

and provided with a stiffener-barinserted into the corners of the mat,combined Withabrackl et having a lip and a locking-head, substantiallyas and for the purpose specified.

Toronto, March 24, 1884.

H. T. INDT.

In presence of- CHAs. C. BALDWIN, F. BARNARD FETHERs'roNHAUGi-L

